Re: gEDA-user: Commandline option --menu-file

[Andrew Poelstra <asp11@xxxxxx>]

On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 01:15:32PM -0700, Colin D Bennett wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:44:12 +0200
> Kai-Martin Knaak <knaak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> d) While menues can be ripped off and used as a toolbox, they
> > don't remember their state beyond the end of the session. This
> > essentially prevents persistent user configuration of the GUI. 
> 
> Actually, the GTK tear-off menus are currently broken.  I can tear off
> menus, but the items cannot be activated by clicking them.
>

I can confirm this, but

You can select them and hit enter to activate them.
 
> I used to use the View | Grid Size menu as a tear-off menu constantly,
> and it was very helpful.  I really miss it, but was hoping the âNew
> Gridsâ feature would be finished and pushed to mainline pcb to
> supercede that need.
>

The gtk gui needs to be completely revamped. There are many individual
things to be done, but we don't have enough developers to get to them
all soon.
 
-- 
Andrew Poelstra
Email: asp11 at sfu.ca OR apoelstra at wpsoftware.net
Web:   http://www.wpsoftware.net/andrew/



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